12:03 AM,
Mar. 26, 2013

Wolverines Jenny Ryan, left, and Kate Thompson will take on the Cardinal tonight.

Written by

Damin Esper
Detroit Free Press Special Writer

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- If there's a philosophy for the Michigan women's basketball team and coach Kim Barnes Arico, it's stay in the moment. Take each possession as it comes. Don't get overwhelmed.

That philosophy will be tested tonight when the Wolverines face Stanford in the second round of the NCAA tournament. Not only is the game at Roscoe Maples Pavilion, the Cardinal is the top seed in the Spokane Regional and ranked fourth in the country. Oh, and Stanford is 27-4 in NCAA tournament games on its home floor.

So how does a team keep from being overwhelmed? By looking at the game as 10 four-minute ...